ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Just back from his part-time home in Mexico, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura dangled the idea Friday that he could run for the U.S. presidency in 2016.

Ventura eagerly volunteered the possibility while at Minnesota's Capitol -- and pushed back against skepticism that he would re-enter the political fray after being out of office since 2003. It's hardly the first time the publicity savvy Ventura has broached the idea he would run for the White House or Senate, only to pass on a campaign.

He said the next race is "an opportune time" for an independent like him to run because there will be no incumbent. He said he's approached radio shock jock Howard Stern about being his running mate, and Stern expressed interest.

“Ventura is a deranged, druggie and deserves our complete disrespect.”

No, no, no! Jesse deserves our encouragement to make a run. Think about it. Which pool of voters would the delusional Jesse pull from? He would pull from the Dem’s of course; you know, those low information voters, anarchists, smokers & jokers, etc. So, even if he extracts a very small number of voters from the Dem electorate it would be helpful to the conservative side. So, “Run Jesse Run”, lol! Love it :)

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posted on 06/01/2013 3:41:09 AM PDT
by snoringbear
(E.oGovernment is the Pimp,)

Well why not. After going for the throat of Kyle’s widow, he shows he is clearly a parasite. Even if he doesn’t win nominations and such, he still gets the campaign money. Next, he will name the Kyle children in his suit.

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posted on 06/01/2013 4:25:23 AM PDT
by momincombatboots
(Back to West by G-d Virginia.)

Why don’t you let us that remain and fight decide when this experiment is over? You left America... you gave up... tens of millions of us will never give up. Maybe you have no idea how repugnant your words are to those that still believe in this republic... or maybe you just do not give a rats patootee.

Jesse is a selfish, self-promoting, self-absorbed nit-wit. Basically, hes stupid and fortunate enough to have translated his early military career into wrestling fame and then into politics with the help of an even dumber media. It doesnt even phase me that this fool would sue Kyles widow for cold cash. In his salad days on radio before he launched into his lottery win governorship, he used to brag about the freebies he scammed from promoters and show sponsors. I clearly remember the dolt bragging that he kept a sport jacket loaned to him for a TV appearance.

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at least had the attractive qualities of being a hilarious parody of what he was supposed to be and going along with it full bore, and doing it with style.

No, no, no! Jesse deserves our encouragement to make a run. Think about it. Which pool of voters would the delusional Jesse pull from? He would pull from the Dems of course; you know, those low information voters, anarchists, smokers & jokers, etc. So, even if he extracts a very small number of voters from the Dem electorate it would be helpful to the conservative side. So, Run Jesse Run, lol! Love it :)

There's a fightin' chance he'd carry Minnesota and take its electoral votes out of the Democratic column.

Jesse's gubernatorial win came about because of some unique circumstances in Minnesota. The DFL candidate was Skip Humphrey, son of Hubert. Skip was so far left, even the Donks had their doubts about him.

The Republican candidate, Norm Coleman, had been a Democrat until shortly before the campaign and GOPers weren't sure about his bona fides.

Jesse started talking like a conservative, lashing out at the gold plated state government employees payroll and benefits, etc.

Added to this was an unusually large turnout. Blue collar types who had rarely voted in past elections turned out in droves and they bought Jesse's “pissed off at everybody in authority” message.

Then, about six months after he took office, a switch in Jesse's brain went haywire. He came out in favor of the stupid light rail project, among other financial fiascoes.

The zinger came in an interview with a Star Tribune reporter where Jesse threatened to kill the reporter. Even his most ardent supporters had to admit he was nuts.

I remember back when Ventura started his run for governor, a woman asked him a question about some social issue. I was impressed at the time because the answer was something like “that’s not the government’s job”.

Then he got elected, and was off the wall as any lib.

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posted on 06/01/2013 11:25:38 AM PDT
by JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)

Recall, also, his deer-in-the-headlights look when it was apparent he had won? Nobody was more surprised (especially since he probably ran as a publicity stunt for his ailing radio career and nobody else wanted the dummy) and I think he never expected the win in a million years. All of a sudden, he was in charge like the bully given the deed to the china shop.

Still, he did a couple things that no other pol has had the guts to do - he lowered auto licensing to a new, low, equal level (so his kids Porsche didn’t cost so much) and, secondly, he had the stones to return over-collected taxes to the rightful owners rather than blowing it (illegally) as a surplus.

Nonetheless, everything else he did was to enrich himself and outside the duties of the office (TV, doll, books, etc.). Lastly, he pissed on Minnesota CC reform people by granting himself a carry permit and nobody else. Nice guy.

I think we got something close to $1,000 from Jesse’s tax rebate. That took some nerve to get done.
A full three years after we moved south, MN tax department found we had short paid the state by $600, so they got some of it back.

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